Goddess And The Baker

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 31, 2025
• address181 W Madison St, Chicago 60602

Is Goddess And The Baker clean?

Goddess And The Baker is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 31, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Goddess And The Baker?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 31, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED ALL NECESSARY ITEMS NOT ON PREMISES FOR COMPLYING WITH PROCEDURE AVAILABLE ON SITE WHEN EMPLOYEES RESPOND TO VOMITTING OR DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN ON PREMISES ALL NECESSARY ITEMS TO FOLLOW WRITTEN PROCEDURE FOR EMPLOYEES TO FOLLOW WHEN RESPONDING TO VOMITTING OR DIARRHEAL EVENTS. CORRECTED ON SITE PROOF OF PURCHASE PROVIDED FOR PURCHASE OF NOROVIRUS CLEAN UP KIT CONTAINING ALL NECESSARY ITEMS FOR COMPLYING WITH PROCEDURE AVAILABLE ON SITE WHEN EMPLOYEES RESPOND TO VOMITTING OR DIARRHEAL EVENTS PROVIDED BEFORE CONCLUSION OF INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED COLD TCS FOODS, HELD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES RANGING BETWEEN 46.0-63.7F. OBSERVED COLD TCS FOODS, BROWNIE TRIFLE(51.8F), YOGURT PARFAIT(57.9F), GREEK YOGURT(46.0-49.1F), RICE PUDDING(48.7-52.3F) AND FRUIT CUPS CONTAINING CANTALOUPE CHUNKS(62.4-63.7F) HELD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE. INSTRUCTED ALL COLD TCS FOOD MUST BE HELD AT 41F OR BELOW. CORRECTED ON SITE MANAGER VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED AND DENATURED FOOD VALUED AT $404 WEIGHING 26LBS. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED REFRIGERATED READY TO EAT TCS FOOD(2 GALLONS OF 2 PERCENT MILK) STORED IN WALK IN COOLER BEYOND DISCARD DATE OF 12/25/25. FOOD VALUED AT $10/WEIGHING 17LBS VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED BY MANAGER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO MONITOR DISCARD DATES ON REFRIGERATED READY TO EAT FOODS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED NO LEFT SPLASH GUARD INSTALLED ON HANDWASHING SINK IN BARISTA AREA. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL LEFT SPLASH GUARD ON HANDWASHING SINK IN BARISTA AREA TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF CLEAN EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS STORED TO THE LEFT OF THE HANDWASHING SINK.
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • OBSERVED NO LEFT SPLASH GUARD INSTALLED ON HANDWASHING SINK IN BARISTA AREA. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL LEFT SPLASH GUARD ON HANDWASHING SINK IN BARISTA AREA TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF CLEAN EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS STORED TO THE LEFT OF THE HANDWASHING SINK.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED NO IRREVERSIBLE TEMPERATURE INDICATOR FOR MEASURING SURFACE TEMPERATURE OF UTENSILS AND OTHER DISHES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE. CORRECTED ON SITE PROOF OF PURCHASE PROVIDED FOR PURCHASE OF IRREVERSIBLE TEMPERATURE INDICATOR FOR MEASURING SURFACE TEMPERATURE OF UTENSILS AND OTHER DISHES BEFORE CONCLUSION OF INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED NO IRREVERSIBLE TEMPERATURE INDICATOR FOR MEASURING SURFACE TEMPERATURE OF UTENSILS AND OTHER DISHES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE. CORRECTED ON SITE PROOF OF PURCHASE PROVIDED FOR PURCHASE OF IRREVERSIBLE TEMPERATURE INDICATOR FOR MEASURING SURFACE TEMPERATURE OF UTENSILS AND OTHER DISHES BEFORE CONCLUSION OF INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED DUST ON INTERIOR OF VENT ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN INTERIOR OF HOOD ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN REAR PREP AREA AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED DUST ON INTERIOR OF VENT ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN INTERIOR OF HOOD ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN REAR PREP AREA AND MAINTAIN.

When was Goddess And The Baker last inspected?

Goddess And The Baker has 9 inspections on record going back to April 21, 2020.

Goddess And The Baker vs Loop

Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 16% of them.

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How Chicago grades restaurants

Chicago does not use letter grades. Every inspection ends in one of three official results: Pass, Pass with Conditions, or Fail. Pass with Conditions means violations were found but corrected on the spot or under a deadline — the restaurant is open, with homework. A Fail means serious violations went uncorrected, and it usually brings a re-inspection within days. Chicago also flags “priority” violations, the ones most likely to actually make someone sick. Cooked reads Pass as clean, Pass with Conditions as mid, and Fail as cooked, and shows the itemized violations behind each result.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated December 31, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.